page_title: Mertens
section_title: Noble House of Mertens de Wilmars
hierarchical_section_title: Mertens / Noble House of Mertens de Wilmars
caption_attribution_description: Nederlands: Praenobilis Familia
context_page_description: Mertens is a Dutch-language patronymic surname, meaning "son of Merten". It is the fifth most common name in Belgium with 18,518 people in 2008.
context_section_description: Charles Mertens de Wilmars (1921–1994), Belgian psychiatrist
  Josse Mertens de Wilmars (1912–2002), Belgian jurist
caption: Crest of the House of Mertens
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